Caroline Bredlinger
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Born | 4 April 2001 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Middle-distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800 m: 1:58.95 (Maribor, 2025) |
Caroline Bredlinger (born 4 April 2001) is an Austrian middle-distance runner. She is multiple-time national champion over 800 metres.[1]
Career
She is from Trausdorf an der Wulka in Burgenland and runs as a member of the Burgenland Eisenstadt team. She placed second behind Carina Schrempf over 800 metres at the Austrian Athletics Championships in August 2020.[2]
She set a new 800 metres personal best running for Austria the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Poland.[3] In February 2024, she set a personal best running indoors in Istanbul over 800 metres, running 2:01.76 to finish runner-up at the 2024 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships.[4]
She won the 800 metres at the 2025 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in February 2025 in 2:02.16.[5] She won in Linz at the Austrian Indoor Championships and competed at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, in March 2025.[6][7] Later that month, she represented Austria at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China.[8]
Bredlinger won the women's 800 m race at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in Maribor, Slovenia, in a personal best time of 1:58.95.[9] She was runner-up to Revee Walcott-Nolan over 800 metres in July 2025 in Eisenstadt, at the Austrian Open.[10] Later that month, she won the ISTAF Berlin in a time of 1:58.99 ahead of Lorea Ibarzabal and Majtie Kolberg.[11] The following week, she won her fifth national title at the Austrian Athletics Championships.[12]
In September 2025, she competed in the women's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[13][14]
On 3 February 2026, she ran an indoor personal best 2:00.97 for the 800 metres at the Golden Gala in Ostrava.[15] She won the 1500m title at the Austrian Indoor Athletics Championships with a time of 4:16.31.[16]
Personal life
At age 13, Bredlinger was shot by a drunk man while walking home from a halloween party.[17][18] Due to these injuries, Bredlingers left leg is weaker then her right one.[19]
References
- ^ "Caroline Bredlinger". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Caroline Bredlinger Vizestaatsmeisterin über 800 Meter". meinbezirk.at. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 6 Sep 2025.
- ^ "European Team Championships: A positive assessment by Caroline Bredlinger". bvz.at. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 6 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Caroline Bredlinger with best time over 800 m second". Krone. 10 Feb 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Balkan Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 15 Feb 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Caroline Bredlinger moves into the indoor European Championship field". Runup.eu. Retrieved 6 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Caroline Bredlinger schrammte knapp am EM-Semifinale vorbei". bvz.at. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 6 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Hallen-WM: Bredlinger klopfte wieder an das Semifinale an". bvz.at. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 6 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Caroline Bredlinger breaks World Championship limit at European Team Championship". Runup.eu. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ Broadbent, Chris (24 Jul 2025). "Diessl powers to personal best at Austrian Open". European Athletics. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "Bredlinger gewinnt beim Istaf-Meeting in Berlin". Diepresse.com. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Caroline Bredlinger: ISTAF victory and Austrian Championship title". Runup.eu. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 21 Sep 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ^ "WORLD CUP TEAM NOMINATED". Olympia.at. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Crazy run by Živa Remic, Tina Šutej with second result of the season in the world". Siol.net. 3 Feb 2026. Retrieved 4 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Austrian Indoor Champiosnhips". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ "Festnahme nach Schuss auf 13-Jährige im Burgenland" [Arrest after shooting of 13-year-old in Burgenland]. DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2025-09-10.
- ^ "Leichtathletik: Mit 13 angeschossen - das erstaunlichste Comeback des Jahres?" [Athletics: The most amazing comeback of the year?]. SPORT1 (in German). 2025-07-02. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
- ^ "Nach Schuss-Attacke: Harter Weg zurück" [After shooting attack: Hard way back]. burgenland.orf.at (in German). 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2025-09-10.